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Lawmakers Question White House on Iraq Arms
Reuters Mon Jun 2, 6:12 PM ET

By Vicki Allen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers from both parties, saying the United States' credibility is at stake, on Monday pressed the Bush administration to offer more information behind its charges that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, a Virginia Republican, said his panel would hold hearings on the issue, possibly along with the Senate Intelligence Committee, because "the situation is becoming one where the credibility of the administration and Congress is being challenged."

Rep. Henry Waxman (news, bio, voting record) of California, top Democrat on the House of Representatives Government Reform Committee, called on President Bush to explain why the administration repeatedly cited dubious and later discredited documents to back a claim that Iraq may have been pursuing nuclear weapons.

The White House defended the intelligence it presented to justify the war against Iraq. Secretary of State Colin Powell , speaking in Rome, said he thought the evidence that Iraq had continued to develop weapons of mass destruction was "overwhelming."

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It's not just 'the left' anymore.

At least they still have Colin Powell towing the Junta line.

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posted by BadGimp @ 9:12 AM